About FutureEngine

Connecting Great Engineers With Great Companies

From our own experiences at Facebook, Google and Instagram, we know that joining the right startup early on can be life changing. However, it’s often difficult to identify and connect with the best startups while they’re young even though that’s the best time for outsized impact and financial outcomes. Information about the best early stage startups is often private due to competitive concerns and accessible only through select networks. FutureEngine aims to solve this problem, helping every engineer find and connect with great startups.

Key People

Ling Bao

Cofounder

Ling leads product at FutureEngine. He was an early Product Manager and Data Scientist at Facebook, where he worked on Platform, Profile and Local. While there, he also interviewed hundreds of Product Managers, Data Scientists and Engineers. Before that, he worked at Microsoft and attended MIT, where he studied Computer Science and Management Science.

Thomas leads engineering at FutureEngine. He was an early Tech Lead on Instagram Ads, where he helped 10x revenue and number of advertisers. He triple-majored in Computer Science, Math, and Economics at Dartmouth.

Elizabeth is a Partner at Hustle Fund who believes in providing greater access to tech opportunities for all. Before that, she was a Partner at 500 Startups. She founded and sold LaunchBit and worked on platform products at Google. Elizabeth got her MBA from MIT and her undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford.

Eric is a Partner at Hustle Fund. He was previously a Venture Partner at 500 Startups. He's invested in companies like NerdWallet, Webflow and Payable. Before that, he built and sold Beat The GMAT. He's also an ex-Instagrammer and ex-Facebooker. Eric got his BA and MA from Stanford.

David is an investor and entrepreneur. He co-founded HootSuite, which is used by 16 million customers worldwide, including 80% of the Fortune 1000. He's passionate about working with companies from startups to large enterprises.